The Pleasanton Unified School District released an update regarding the 2015-16 instructional calendar on its website Monday.
The Association of Pleasanton Teachers (APT) and district staff have tentatively agreed on a revised calendar for the 2015-16 school year — with students starting on Aug. 25 and ending June 10, 2016.
“We anticipate that the detailed 2015-16 instructional calendar with all relevant school year dates will be brought to the February 24 board meeting for approval,” said Monday’s announcement.
The Pleasanton school board unanimously voted Jan. 13 to rescind the previously approved modified lite calendar for 2015-16. That calendar scheduled school to start earlier in August and end in late May.
In addition, the board directed staff to go back to bargaining units to re-do the process of looking at an alternative calendar — with the hopes of including more input from parents, students and teachers.
During the Dec. 9 school board meeting, newly elected school board member Mark Miller requested that the calendar debate be put on a future agenda for discussion and possible action to see how the board would like to proceed with the item.
The modified lite calendar, starting the 2015-16 school year, was approved by the board 4-1 last June 17 — with Trustee Valerie Arkin in dissent.
At the Sept. 9 meeting, the calendar item was brought back for report and possible action to rescind June’s approval. The board voted 3-2 against the motion to rescind, with Arkin and Jamie Hintzke voting for the rescission.
